HME

VGM Education is authorized by IACET to offer CEUs for the completion of each of the 50 courses in this bundle. A total of 6.6 CEUs is offered for the completion of all 50 courses. RESNA approves the CEUs for recertification.

The pricing for this bundle of courses is in effect for a period of twelve (12) months with automatic renewal, unless cancelled 30 days prior to the end of the current period. 

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This collection of 54 courses is approved for continuing education Category 1 credit by the Board of Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification (BOC). Each individual course offers credits upon successfully completing the course.  This bundle offers a total of 54 Category 1 Credits by BOC.

Please click on the link below for a listing of the courses offered in this bundle.  

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VGMU Online Learning offers a VGMU Accreditation Course Bundle* of 17 courses for annual HME accreditation requirements under the following topics:

- Business management
- Disease management 
- HIPAA
- Human resources - Infection control 
- Safety 

VGM Education is authorized by IACET to offer CEUs for each course in this bundle. IACET provides a standard framework for quality learning and development through accreditation.
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This course allows the student to meet accreditation competency requirements for instructing patients on the proper use of blood glucose meters (known as “glucometers”). There are many different glucometers on the market today, all with various features. This course reviews the standard items taught with all glucometers. Before completing this course, you should check your accreditation agency's specific requirements for competency. No continuing education credit is offered for the completion of this course.

This course allows the student to meet accreditation competency requirements for instructing patients on the proper use of nebulizer systems. There are many different nebulizer systems on the market today, all with various features. This course reviews the standard items taught with all nebulizer systems. Before completing this course, you should check your accreditation agency’s specific requirements for competency. No continuing education credit is offered for the completion of this course.

This course allows the student to meet accreditation competency requirements for instructing patients on the proper use of therapeutic shoes (often referred to as “diabetic shoes”). This course does NOT meet therapeutic shoe fitting certification required by some states. You should contact your state licensure board to determine if your state requires therapeutic shoe fitting certification. There are many different therapeutic shoes on the market today. This course reviews the standard items taught with all therapeutic shoes. Before completing this course, you should check your accreditation agency’s specific requirements for competency. No continuing education credit is offered for the completion of this course.

This course is the first in a series of courses that examines the aging process and its effects on the human body.

This course explains the reasons why consideration of the special communication needs of the elderly is important. This course includes a number of ideas about how you can improve your ability to communicate effectively with older clients and presents a number of ideas, tips and action steps to facilitate communication with this increasingly important demographic.

Este curso explica las razones por las que es importante considerar las necesidades de comunicación especial de los adultos mayores. Este curso incluye un gran número de ideas sobre cómo usted puede mejorar su capacidad para comunicarse efectivamente con clientes de la tercera edad y presenta un gran número de ideas, consejos y acciones para facilitar la comunicación con esta demografía cada vez más importante. Muchas de estas sugerencias son aplicables para todos los grupos etarios, pero son particularmente importantes para los adultos mayores, para quienes una comunicación menos que óptima puede tener consecuencias negativas muy importantes.

This course provides an overview of ethnogeriatrics which is the influence of ethnicity and culture on the health and well-being of older adults.

This course provides an overview of how aging affects memory.

This course provides an overview of the prevalence, causes and risk factors of the disease.

This course provides an overview of the causes and risk factors, signs and symptoms, and diagnosis and treatment of depression in the elderly population.

Managing diabetes in the elderly presents many challenges. This course provides an overview of those challenges and how they can be met.

This course takes a look at malnutrition – the state of being poorly nourished – and the effects it can have on the elderly population.

This course reviews the effects, causes and treatment options of sleep disorders among the elderly population.

This course will explain how the aging process contributes to changes in the cardiovascular system.

This course examines the relationship between diabetes and depression among the elderly population.

This course provides some effective approaches to selling to an ever-growing market of Americans: seniors, those 60 years of age and older.

This course will explain how the aging process contributes to chronic kidney disease.

This course reviews the relationship between aging and stroke.

Unique challenges can arise when performing perioperative care for older surgical patients. This course reviews the challenges of performing such care that all members of a patient’s health care team should be aware.

This course provides an overview of how aging affects mobility, including risk factors, complications and dangers of immobility, and details how therapeutic activities can lessen mobility problems. 

This course reviews the relationship between aging and multiple sclerosis.

This course offers an introduction to the Medicare program and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).